Deputy Premier Bulent Arinc said that the right to make defense by using mother tongue would be added to the laws.
Deputy Premier & government spokesman Bulent Arinc said that the right to make defense by using mother tongue would be added to the laws.
Speaking after the Council of Ministers meeting on Monday, Arinc commented on the recent hunger strike of prisoners who are asking to have the right to defend in mother tongue, and said that going on a hunger strike for such reason was illogical, illegal and did not have any conscience basis.
Noting that defense in mother tongue was taking place in Justice & Development (AK) Party’s political vision, Arinc said that the ban on defense in mother tongue would be lifted.
The right to make defense by using mother tongue will soon be added to the article 202 of law on criminal procedures, he said.
(Anatolia News Agency)
